Small grants Available to Support BU URBAN Research
Small grants in the amount of $1000 to $4000 are available from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future to support new collaborative research related to the BU URBAN NRT program. The grants are intended to facilitate new collaborations between different researchers, especially researchers from different departments or schools within BU. Proposals for studies between BU researchers and other research institutions will also be considered. Faculty, post-docs and grad students can apply.
The funding period is June 1 to August 31, 2018.
Funds can be used to for equipment, supplies, travel, and salaries for undergraduates, grad students, staff, and post-docs. The proposal should include a simple budget showing how the funds will be spent. For example:
| Chemical supplies: | $700 |
| Equipment: | $500 |
| Undergraduate assistant: | $1800 |
| Total request: | $3000 |
Preliminary inquiries are welcome.
Proposals should be one page in length and are due by May 14 and should be sent to primack@bu.edu with the subject line “FirstName_LastName_BU URBAN Pardee Center Proposal”.